The Year of 'G'
I did not know that:1 French law requires that a purebred dog or cat – that is, an animal belonging to one of the breeds listed in the Livre des origines français or the Livre officiel des origins...
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Before and After Shots of Joggers: Last summer, Sacha Goldberger decided he would take on a very interesting project. He assembled a team who helped him create an outdoor studio at Bois de Boulogne, a...
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Having lived in Paris for almost a decade, Simon Kuper has come to the conclusion that happiness is a table for one: [On lunch...] By now I've worked out the essential elements. For me, the first is...
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Ferdinandea will rise: In the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Sicily, an island comes and goes. Called, alternately and among other names, depending on whose territorial interests are at stake, Graham...
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Craig Mod versus a Fitbit: I bought a Fitbit on a whim. It was spring 2012. I bought it to understand how devices like this worked. If they worked. What it meant, precisely, for them to work. Between...
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Could this be the best doping denial ever attempted by an athlete? Fatima Yvelain, a middling middle-distance runner from France, tested positive for EPO after competing in the 2012 Perpignan...
View Article'Pay attention to the cat.' Not that they ever do.
Feline ennui, in French: Henri 2, Paw de Deux… [Via Memex 1.1]
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From the [pen|keyboard] of The Yorkshire Ranter: Dave from PR in the French Revolution… Being a Salmagundi from the Talking-Pointes of the late Sieur Davide du Camerone, Gentleman of the Privy and...
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Chris Brooke has been reading The Sleepwalkers, Christopher Clark's book on the outbreak of the First World War. [What…] I was repeatedly struck by were the sheer number of quite extraordinarily...
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